New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-14
BOOK-LEARNING.
PROSPECTS OF ENDLESS CHIPPERlNG FOR
MR. SIMMS

much coffee "a You want, for II you leave any nave
| to drink H. and it hurts me-"
| We we're taxing dinner with the woman who lives
on the side OF the hill where our tent Is pitched
| When the first month had passed we saw that she
had decided that in spite OF living IN tent anu
having no protector but mastf, we were respeo'aoc
women She had been kind IRON the Drss ana IN u
tensely curious all the time but after four weeks she
b.pa 70 invite us TO spend the day with her. We dd
| not want to go, aud excused ourselves until VIC
| could do no longer.
"Iine was q passin'," she informed us, and here
| twas into August aud fore we know IL you TWO u
ma a paokin, up and leayin', 'thout maxim me that
| visit"
All YES, time was passing Her words CAV, us
pang But hope there are yet two weeks at least
| before Us here.
all through .he Ridge to distinguish her IRON hair
| dozen other Matches dwelling near. gained cur
| promise to spend the day with her. She SAID MIS-
| Marlou's niece, she that's ben so edicsted, you
| know was a comm too. She was visitin at her
aunts at the end of the MASH and she'd sent over tor
her, Mrs Lem sat down again as she said this, anu
nut her hands on her knees she bent forward gazing
at u.s. She's ben to her sunts for couple OF weeks
guess. spose you've heard OF Maivlny Ltchneiu'
amt yef
Yes. we had heard Mrs. MARROW speak OF her.
Wall, NavinYs got more book learnln', spose'
than | could ever expect to shake stick at. She
went through everything in these parts. ana tneh
she went through Mount Holyoke Female seminary
and eau out lyin' I've hoard 1t said tnat ei e.i
goes through that seminary it's about certain she
marry a missionary. | can't tell how true that H.
but do know that Malviny got engaged 10 q mi'-
sionary Jest In her last term. You see, he Nad Usn
out to Burmah and had lost two wives out there
Naturally he come back for another one. burm"n
seemed to agree with him. but didn't seem TO agree
with his wives. lie engaged to Malyiny, as l
said But something happened 1 never knew jest
what twas. Malviny HAD begun to study the Bur'nah
tongue and there great talk uD'n down the Kidge
bout the Lord havn called her to teach the heathe
Miss NARROW was onsid' able set up. aud don't
blame her any shd ben set up myself II any oil my
relatives was calkilatin 10 marry missionary But
1t tell through. All 20 once h. had married another
Mount HcIyoke girl aud had actually sailee
Malviny's ben teachn' here and there ever sence'
She's assistant in some bvartin school now lhey
cav she knows everything. PYe seen handsomer
women than she makes, but don't s'pose there's
lklier gal IN the State than Mslvny Liehfcld. NoS
don't 90 to bein' lete; carly, and well have
good, long, sociabe day."
So Mrs. Lem lett us to think of tho MOTION and OF
the girl who had almost been missonary's help
mate"
It was when Mrs. Lem getting dinner that the
the door OF the sittng-rosm aud asked us how
much coffee We We're in the habit OF drinking, aud
then told that when there any OF this beverage
LETT she had 20 drink II TO save IT, aud 1t hurt her IL
was now after l a, o'clock Dinner would be precisely
at r. The fish wero trying and the potatoes boiling,
and Miss Liichhed had not come yet. We had given
her up. Mrs. Lem said something must have hap
pened. But the co1ce was Iut on to steep. with an
allowance for MavnY. Suddenly the Youngest girl,
aged FIVE burst into the house and announced that
Miss Lchfeld Was jest comm mp the III, 20 from
the mash A moment alter We heard sounds OF talk
and explanation in the kitchen, and then the new
cerner was u,hercd into the where We sat stily
in straight chairs.
don't know wha. had expected TO see. but In
mrdiately knew that it had been something very
..i rent from this. Ms, MalvIua Litchdeld was no
ongcr in her frat youth. She was short aud very
plump and she bad protruding eyes OF so light blue
that they extremely ocwilderng. Her mouth
small and thin ped, and OF that kind which
makes you involuntsrily begin to nip your own
mouth 4 when Won .. She had retrestins chin
aud a slight blonde mustsche She Was altogether 80
blonde that ali her colors seemed TO have faded
She dressed in gray gown so tight that the
seams appeared to be IN that stage that imme iiaely
precedes bursting But think that Mas Litchdelds
discipline all her surroundings was
such that the seams never would really
burst. She had q decided baritone voice
and such a voice always peculiarly. startling
when coming from n fair conUlectrd" woman She
uttered each ord with painful distinctness, aud she
sounded pg" with ABSOLUTE ring e'ideatly fear
ing that II she lid not do that way she should omit
the sound atog sther she hal probably done when
she Was child. Every sentence she spoke was as II
she explaining something very abstruse to
very stupid child. She shook hands with long
ei pent OF this greeting
IL gives mo extreme pleasure TO meet you two
ladies'" she sal /. sitting DIVA opposite and looEing
intcntly at us. understand you have BEEN passing
the season quite primtiyely in tent on this shore'
Yes quito prmitively' murm1rei Carlos looking
very much confused II Tor me, had not an idea la
nv mind. hat voice those eve.. the strained seams
of that gray waist the explanatory manner, quickly
made me idiotc. expected monentarily that she
vonld as * me if could tell her what county lived
in or who was the first President OF tho United States
and for tho first time since tie age of seven. could
not have replied to those question: correctly Until
heard her talk did not know there we're in the Ian
guage so many words ending In the syllable ~
aud hearing her felt II woud hereafter try 10
get along without any alverbs. She said the sun
shone very prettily on Salt Pond and that the
sail boats there moved gracefully; she thought our
tent oontrasted quite prettily with the green grass
around il. fnl myselt confused in trying to write
down what she SAID 70, she had a completely suluy-
ing effect on me, AMI saw that my friend was fast
lansing into Darkness We were grateful when we
were summoned to dinner. This meal eaten IN q
silence nnbrokcn save by the sentences iron Miss
Lite field. She ate drank with extreme correct
ness; the food disappeared from her plate with kind
of III 1thematca prec sion which made me think In
some crazy kiud OF n way OF cube root and ratios
Nj LemueI Hatch dined with us lle did no. speak
once, and made social sign of any kind beyond |
nodding his head at all when he came in and sat
down at the table. His appetite seemed GOOD, and
he kept showing different kinds OF food toward us.
Although hi. conversational pc did appear
be great at that time he had good natnred face
with keen eyes, ana thought 1t might be possible
that his vocal org parayzed BY the presence
OF Miss Litchhed.
drank coffee than wanted, because dis
covered by Mrs LENS distressed face when she sed
the cofee-pot that there than enough to go
round, consequently there would be some lett. and
she would have 10 dunk it to save 1t and would be
made i'll thereby.
We we're not long at the table. Mr.. Hatch ate
with astonishing rapidity and suddenly pushed his
chair back ross and walked out OF the ROOM At this
time we were all eating huckleberry pie; Mira. Lem
remarked that her husband in . hurry TO 20 to
his paws. In FIVE minutes more we had all risen. and
the three guests back in the sitting-r
II seems to me that never heard much CONVERSE
ton Miss Ltchdeld poured out in the next hour.